Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 05:11:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r263105 - in head/share/man: man4 man8 Message-ID: <201403130511.s2D5Bu10000813@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Thu Mar 13 05:11:56 2014 New Revision: 263105 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/263105 Log: Add hyperv manual pages provided by Microsoft, formatted for FreeBSD standards. Very little, if any, content was modified. These are not yet linked to the build. Submitted by: Abhishek Gupta (abgupta!microsoft dot com) Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Added: head/share/man/man4/hv_ata_pci_disengage.4 (contents, props changed) head/share/man/man4/hv_kvp.4 (contents, props changed) head/share/man/man4/hv_netvsc.4 (contents, props changed) head/share/man/man4/hv_storvsc.4 (contents, props changed) head/share/man/man4/hv_utils.4 (contents, props changed) head/share/man/man4/hv_vmbus.4 (contents, props changed) head/share/man/man8/hv_kvp_daemon.8 (contents, props changed) Added: head/share/man/man4/hv_ata_pci_disengage.4 ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/share/man/man4/hv_ata_pci_disengage.4 Thu Mar 13 05:11:56 2014 (r263105) @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Microsoft Corp. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd September 10, 2013 +.Dt HYPER-V 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hv_ata_pci_disengage +.Nd Hyper-V ATA PCI Disengage driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in +the system kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device hyperv" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver prevents the native +.Fx +ATA driver from +loading in the presence of Hyper-V. +.Fx +guests running on Hyper-V can take advantage of the Hyper-V Storage +Virtual Consumer +.Pq Xr hv_storvsc 4 +for using their IDE devices. +Since the ATA +driver serves IDE devices as well, there is a chance that the ATA driver may +interfere with the operations of +.Xr hv_storvsc 4 . +The +.Nm +driver avoids +conflicts between the ATA driver and +.Xr hv_storvsc 4 +by disabling the ATA driver +when the +.Fx +guest is booting. +.Pp +A side effect of disabling the ATA driver is that CDROM may become +inoperational on +.Fx +guest partitions. +If CDROM access is a must then users may use +"set hw.ata.disk_enable=1" at boot time to prevent the ATA driver from being +disabled. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hv_vmbus 4 , +.Xr hv_utils 4 , +.Xr hv_netvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_storvsc 4 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +The driver was developed through a joint effort between Citrix Incorporated, +Microsoft Corporation, and Network Appliance Incorporated. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Fx +support for +.Nm +was first added by +.An Microsoft BSD Integration Services Team Aq bsdic@microsoft.com . Added: head/share/man/man4/hv_kvp.4 ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/share/man/man4/hv_kvp.4 Thu Mar 13 05:11:56 2014 (r263105) @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Microsoft Corp. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd September 10, 2013 +.Dt HYPER-V 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hv_kvp +.Nd Hyper-V Key Value Pair Driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in +the system kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device hyperv" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides the ability to store, retrieve, modify and delete +key value pairs for +.Fx +guest partitions running on Hyper-V. +Hyper-V allows administrators to store custom metadata in the form +of key value pairs inside the +.Fx +guest partition. +Administrators can use Windows Powershell scripts to add, read, +modify and delete such key value pairs. +.Pp +The driver is bare bones and merely forwards requests to its counterpart +user mode daemon, +.Xr hv_kvp_daemon 8 . +The daemon maintains pools of key value +pairs and does the actual metadata management. +.Pp +The same driver and daemon combination are also used to set and get +IP addresses from a +.Fx +guest. +.Pp +The set functionality is particularly +useful when the +.Fx +guest is assigned a static IP address and is failed over from one +Hyper-V host to another. +After failover, Hyper-V uses the set IP functionality to automatically +update the +.Fx +guest's IP address to its original static value. +.Pp +On the other hand, the get IP functionality is used to update the guest IP +address in the Hyper-V management console window. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hv_vmbus 4 , +.Xr hv_utils 4 , +.Xr hv_netvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_storvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_ata_pci_disengage 4 , +.Xr hv_kvp_daemon 8 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +The driver was developed through a joint effort between Citrix +Incorporated, Microsoft Corporation and Network Appliance Incorporated. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Fx +support for +.Nm +was first added by +.An Microsoft BSD Integration Services Team Aq bsdic@microsoft.com . Added: head/share/man/man4/hv_netvsc.4 ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/share/man/man4/hv_netvsc.4 Thu Mar 13 05:11:56 2014 (r263105) @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Microsoft Corp. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd September 10, 2013 +.Dt HYPER-V 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hv_netvsc +.Nd Hyper-V Network Virtual Service Consumer +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in +the system kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device hyperv" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver implements the virtual network device for +.Fx +guest +partitions running on Hyper-V. +.Fx +guest partitions running on Hyper-V do not have direct access to +network devices attached to the Hyper-V server. +Although a +.Fx +guest can access network devices using Hyper-V's +full emulation mode, the performance in this mode tends to be unsatisfactory. +.Pp +To counter the above issues, the +.Nm +driver implements a network +Virtual +Service Consumer (VSC) that relays network requests from the guest partition +to the network Virtual Service Provider (VSP) hosted in the root partition +using the high performance data exchange infrastructure provided by +.Xr hv_vmbus 4 +driver. +The VSP in the root partition then forwards the network related requests to +the physical network card. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hv_vmbus 4 , +.Xr hv_utils 4 , +.Xr hv_storvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_ata_pci_disengage 4 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +The driver was developed through a joint effort between Citrix Incorporated, +Microsoft Corporation, and Network Appliance Incorporated. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Fx +support for +.Nm +was first added by +.An Microsoft BSD Integration Services Team Aq bsdic@microsoft.com . Added: head/share/man/man4/hv_storvsc.4 ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/share/man/man4/hv_storvsc.4 Thu Mar 13 05:11:56 2014 (r263105) @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Microsoft Corp. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd September 10, 2013 +.Dt HYPER-V 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hv_storvsc +.Nd Hyper-V Storage Virtual Service Consumer +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in +the system kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device hyperv" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver implements the virtual store device for +.Fx +guest +partitions running on Hyper-V. +.Fx +guest partitions running on Hyper-V do not have direct access to +storage devices attached to the Hyper-V server. +Although a +.Fx +guest can access storage devices using Hyper-V's +full emulation mode, the performance in this mode tends to be unsatisfactory. +.Pp +To counter the above issues, the +.Nm +driver implements a storage +Virtual +Service Consumer (VSC) that relays storage requests from the guest partition +to the storage Virtual Service Provider (VSP) hosted in the root partition +using the high performance data exchange infrastructure provided by +.Xr hv_vmbus 4 +driver. +The VSP in the root partition then forwards the storage related requests to +the physical storage device. +.Pp +This driver functions by presenting a SCSI HBA interface to the Comman Access +Method (CAM) layer. +CAM control blocks (CCBs) are +converted into VSCSI protocol messages which are delivered to the root +partition VSP over the Hyper-V VMBus. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hv_vmbus 4 , +.Xr hv_utils 4 , +.Xr hv_netvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_ata_pci_disengage 4 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +The driver was developed through a joint effort between Citrix Incorporated, +Microsoft Corporation, and Network Appliance Incorporated. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Fx +support for +.Nm +was first added by +.An Microsoft BSD Integration Services Team Aq bsdic@microsoft.com . Added: head/share/man/man4/hv_utils.4 ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/share/man/man4/hv_utils.4 Thu Mar 13 05:11:56 2014 (r263105) @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Microsoft Corp. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd September 10, 2013 +.Dt HYPER-V 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hv_utils +.Nd Hyper-V Utilities Driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in +the system kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device hyperv" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides time keeping, shutdown and heartbeat +functionality for +.Fx +guest partitions running on Hyper-V. +Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization technology from Microsoft. +The +.Nm +driver is one of the core drivers required to be present in guest +partitions running on Hyper-V. +This driver provides the following +functionalities to guest partitions: +.Pp +(a) Time Keeping: The clock inside the guest partition will remain accurate by +synchronizing to the clock on the virtualization server via Timesync service, +and with the help of the pluggable time source device. +.Pp +(b) Integrated shutdown: Guest partitions running +.Fx +can be shut down from +Hyper-V Manager console by using the +.Qq Shut down +command. +.Pp +(c) Heartbeat: This feature allows the virtualization server to detect whether +the guest partition is running and responsive. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hv_vmbus 4 , +.Xr hv_netvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_storvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_ata_pci_disengage 4 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +The driver was developed through a joint effort between Citrix Incorporated, +Microsoft Corporation, and Network Appliance Incorporated. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Fx +support for +.Nm +was first added by +.An Microsoft BSD Integration Services Team Aq bsdic@microsoft.com . Added: head/share/man/man4/hv_vmbus.4 ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/share/man/man4/hv_vmbus.4 Thu Mar 13 05:11:56 2014 (r263105) @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Microsoft Corp. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd September 10, 2013 +.Dt HYPER-V 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hv_vmbus +.Nd Hyper-V Virtual Machine Bus (VMBus) Driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in +the system kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device hyperv" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +provides a high performance communication interface between +guest and root partitions in Hyper-V. +Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization technology from Microsoft. +Hyper-V supports isolation in terms of a partition. +A partition is a +logical unit of isolation, supported by the hypervisor, in which +operating systems execute. +.Pp +The Microsoft hypervisor must have at least one parent, or root, +partition, running Windows Server operating system. +The virtualization stack runs in the parent partition and has +direct access to the hardware devices. +The root partition then creates the child partitions which host +the guest operating systems. +.Pp +Child partitions do not have direct access to other hardware resources +and are presented +a virtual view of the resources, as virtual devices (VDevs). +Requests to the virtual devices are +redirected either via the VMBus or the hypervisor to the devices in +the parent partition, which handles the requests. +.Pp +The VMBus is a logical inter-partition communication channel. +The parent partition hosts Virtualization Service Providers (VSPs) +which communicate over the VMBus to handle device access requests from +child partitions. +Child partitions host Virtualization Service +Consumers (VSCs) which redirect device requests to VSPs in the parent +partition via the VMBus. +The Hyper-V VMBus driver defines and implements +the interface that facilitate high performance bi-directional communication +between the VSCs and VSPs. +All VSCs utilize the VMBus driver. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hv_utils 4 , +.Xr hv_netvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_storvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_ata_pci_disengage 4 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +The driver was developed through a joint effort between Citrix Incorporated, +Microsoft Corporation, and Network Appliance Incorporated. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Fx +support for +.Nm +was first added by +.An Microsoft BSD Integration Services Team Aq bsdic@microsoft.com . Added: head/share/man/man8/hv_kvp_daemon.8 ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/share/man/man8/hv_kvp_daemon.8 Thu Mar 13 05:11:56 2014 (r263105) @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Microsoft Corp. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd September 10, 2013 +.Dt HYPER-V 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hv_kvp_daemon +.Nd Hyper-V Key Value Pair Daemon +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in +the system kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "device hyperv" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +daemon provides the ability to store, retrieve, modify and delete +Key Value pairs for +.Fx +guest partitions running on Hyper-V. +Hyper-V allows administrators to store custom metadata in the form +of Key Value pairs inside the +.Fx +guest partition. +Administrators can use Windows Powershell scripts to add, read, modify +and delete such Key Value pairs. +.Pp +The +.Nm +accepts Key Value pair management requests from the +.Xr hv_kvp 4 +driver and performs the actual metadata management on the file-system. +.Pp +The same daemon and driver combination is also used to set and get +IP addresses from a +.Fx +guest. +.Pp +The set functionality is particularly +useful when the +.Fx +guest is assigned a static IP address and is failed +over from one Hyper-V host to another. +After failover, Hyper-V uses the set IP functionality to automatically +update the +.Fx +guest's IP address to its original static value. +.Pp +On the other hand, the get IP functionality is used to update the guest IP +address in the Hyper-V management console window. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hv_vmbus 4 , +.Xr hv_utils 4 , +.Xr hv_netvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_storvsc 4 , +.Xr hv_ata_pci_disengage 4 , +.Xr hv_kvp 4 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for +.Nm +first appeared in +.Fx 10.0 . +The daemon was developed through a joint effort between Citrix Incorporated, +Microsoft Corporation, and Network Appliance Incorporated. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Fx +support for +.Nm +was first added by +.An Microsoft BSD Integration Services Team Aq bsdic@microsoft.com .
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